I emerged from inconvenient 3.6.1-gentoo kernel, which is the one currently works with all drivers of my laptop Dell Inspiron 1300, successive versions no longer include the ipw2200 wireless network for my card.

I can not find the option to activate or add and so update to version 3.6.6-gentoo.

Until now I've searched the forums but apparently no one else has this problem arisen.

*when in menuconfig, hit the / (forward slash) to search, and key in the symbol name (e.g. CONFIG_IPW2200)
*some of the wireless drivers require WIRELESS_EXT/WEXT be enabled in order for them to even show up in menuconfig. I don't recall offhand, but, sometimes those symbols for wireless extensions cannot be enabled directly (are hidden), so you have to enable CONFIG_HOSTAP, which quietly enables them. I think, however, that in the case of IPW2200, this does not apply. You need only make sure CFG80211 and CFG80211_WEXT are enabled, then IPW2200 will become visible

*when in menuconfig, hit the / (forward slash) to search, and key in the symbol name (e.g. CONFIG_IPW2200)
*some of the wireless drivers require WIRELESS_EXT/WEXT be enabled in order for them to even show up in menuconfig. I don't recall offhand, but, sometimes those symbols for wireless extensions cannot be enabled directly (are hidden), so you have to enable CONFIG_HOSTAP, which quietly enables them. I think, however, that in the case of IPW2200, this does not apply. You need only make sure CFG80211 and CFG80211_WEXT are enabled, then IPW2200 will become visible